A financial education programme can be key to engaging employees. According to the Secondsight Whitepaper, published in October 2014, 73% of employees felt more positive about their employer when they received the benefit. A growing number of organisations are [..]
Financial education is integral to employees’ understanding of the importance of saving and managing their money. However, 52% of employers do not provide financial education, according to a study of 1,013 workers by employee benefits adviser [..]
By Darren Laverty, Sales and Marketing Director at Foster Denovo Pension freedom On 6th April 2015, the Government introduced the most radical pension changes in almost a century. Anyone aged 55 or over now has the freedom to choose whether they keep their [..]
New pensions minister Ros Altmann has promised to take forward work bringing in the new state pension, help millions more to be enrolled into good quality workplace pension schemes, and safeguard the freedom and choice at-retirement reforms. Ms Altmann, a well [..]
National advice firm Foster Denovo has bought a specialist charity advice operation as part of its 2015 expansion plans. The outfit bought the practice from its founding partner Ian Bird, who will now run Foster Denovo’s employee benefits as well as oversee its [..]
No financial guidance for half employees Secondsight research highlights employee demand for financial education is not being met. Leading benefits adviser launches its Financial Education Programme, and warns employers of the need to support staff, and remain [..]
More than half (52%) of companies do not provide any financial education to their employees despite half of employees requesting access to it, according to a new survey. The research was carried out on behalf of employee benefits adviser Secondsight. The need for [..]
Group risk benefits help to protect employees' financial, physical and mental wellbeing. Mark Bingham comments on the importance of educating employees so they can make more informed decisions when it comes to their flexible benefits and levels of life assurance [..]
Secondsight partner Matthew Mitten discusses the opportunities and challenges of auto-enrolment for advisers and their corporate clients In an article featured in Money Marketing, Matthew Mitten discusses all things auto-enrolment including; the Government's [..]
Improving employee engagement is the biggest HR challenge for businesses in 2014. This is just one of the findings from research conducted by Secondsight with Clarity Surveys in to the issues facing HR this year. More than half (54 per cent) of respondents [..]
Our client Martindale Pharma has been shortlisted as a finalist at this year's Employee Benefits Awards in the category best financial education strategy. Making it through to the finals recognises the work Secondsight and Martindale Pharma undertook on making [..]
Secondsight client, Folli Follie has seen just 4 of its auto-enrolled Links of London employees opt out of its new group personal pension (GPP) plan since its staging date on 1 November 2013. As well as introducing a new GPP, Secondsight delivered a series of [..]
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Caroline Stevens, Director, Crowell & Moring
The ideas and connections Secondsight have brought to Epson, and our local HR team, have been invaluable and meant we have set new financial benefits and wellbeing solutions in place that we would simply not have done before.
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Alison Field, Group HR Director, Briggs Equipment
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David Barry, HR Manager, Manufacturing Technology Centre
Secondsight were very knowledgeable and supportive for staff throughout the process of discussions around the TPS, providing clear information and one to one support for staff that required further detail.
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Director of Finance and Operations/Clerk to the Governors, Shrewsbury House School Trust Limited
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